Chapter 202 201. Madame Butterfly

Nogami Inosuke's training is indeed hard, and his body has the instinct to perform moves.

Lan En in front of him seemed to have been broken due to [Climbing the Carp], and the door was wide open.

Although he himself was still a little confused, his body's instincts had already been expressed through the sword.

[Wei Mingren·Dengli] is a swordsmanship that gradually breaks down the enemy's posture while blocking, and what follows is——

[Wei Mingren·Xia Li]!

Lan En's armor prevented Inosuke from defeating him with one blow, and his body instinctively chose to further disintegrate the enemy's posture.

[Under the Carp] is a posture in which the blade is smoothly rebounded and then continues to disintegrate the opponent with fierce attacks one after another.

Wei Mingmei compared this kind of swordsmanship to a carp rushing down a waterfall.

But after Inosuke instinctively used this move, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Isn't the speed of his posture disintegrating too fast?"

The young warrior's eyes widened in astonishment, intersecting with Lan En's delighted eyes.

Although it was the first time he saw this kind of swordsmanship, as a son of the Emperor, his instinct allowed him to quickly begin to absorb the nutrients of this knowledge.

And now, although I still don't understand how this kind of swordsmanship is achieved, but in light of the cracking method.

He almost has a clue!

The tall body seemed to naturally lean back as the blade was deflected.

But it was this seemingly natural leaning back that allowed Inosuke's sword blade to swipe past his hair.

The sword was swung in the air, and the young warrior had to gather his strength to maintain his condition.

Lan En took advantage of this gap and tightened the boots on the external siding plate hard, leaving a deep depression in the green soil.

A spiral force is transmitted upward from the toes, integrating the power of each joint along the way, making Lan En's body like a large recurved bow!

Stretching is accumulating energy! Spiraling is accumulating energy! Until this force is released from the tip of the sword!

"Dang!!!"

Inosuke tried his best to defend himself, and finally found time to block the blow.

The huge force made the samurai's facial expression very distorted. In his defensive posture, he was even cut off his feet from the ground and pushed backwards!

Until Inosuke inserted the tip of the sword into the soil, he still left a ferocious sword mark on the ground, which stayed five meters away!

But when the samurai calmed down and looked up at his opponent, he only saw a standard head-on slash!

"His posture has recovered?!"

Inosuke was stunned at this moment, and he was even more shocked than being chopped away by Lan En!

A swordsman who saw [Dengli] for the first time, broke the move within two minutes of the fight?!

And at the corner of Lan En's mouth, the smile was getting brighter.

His cracking idea worked.

In the rare opportunity of fighting, a huge move is performed at once.

You don't need to break my posture. I can't maintain it when I use big moves!

But after this big move, he returned to his normal state. This process was basically completely under his control.

And the laggy feeling given by [Dengli] has almost disappeared from the "break and then stand".

The surprise in his heart made Inosuke fall short of his standards. He reluctantly raised the long sword in his hand, forgetting to use any sword skills at all, and simply resisted.

Sword fighting, from another perspective, is a fight for opportunities.

A good swordsman, the more disadvantaged he is, the more he has to think about it.

People like Inosuke, who has a confused brain, only cares about the current situation and doesn't think about subsequent coping methods, and just leads himself into the pit of failure.

But luck seemed to be favoring the young warrior.

After Lan En was struck by the furious attack just now, the samurai sword in his hand was already cut open.

And when Inosuke was slashing at him, his steps seemed to be a little too much.

The point where the blade that Inosuke tried to block intersected was the gap in his sword.

The crisp sound of the blade breaking was heard.

Inosuke, whose head was already confused due to the huge pressure, watched in confusion as a sharp blade flew into the sky, then fell sideways and was inserted into the soil.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

"Oh? It seems that I lost. I really can't defeat you with the same weapons, Nogami Inosuke-sama."

Lan En's calm and sincere words changed Lan En's impression from fierce to gentle.

"Uh-huh?!"

Even the Tsukiyo head on the young samurai's head was slightly scattered, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

He saw that the katana in Lan En's hand was shortened by a length, and his still intact blade was pressed against the front of his charging chest.

"You won, Inosuke-sama."

Lan En repeated it with a smile, then got out of the fighting posture and straightened up.

"You accurately grasped the gap on my blade, and your observation skills are admirable."

"This is you!"

Inosuke opened his mouth, but nothing came out for a long time.

He didn't know whether he instinctively pointed the sword blade at the gap just now. But he was very clear about how confused his mind was just now.

He thought he was incapable of seizing the opportunity to win despite such chaotic thoughts.

But since the other party has given me a chance to step down, for the sake of my reputation as a warrior, it's better not to get too involved.

After hesitating slightly, Nogami Inosuke pursed his lips and announced loudly.

"Lan En has survived forty moves! He is the most skilled martial artist among the Ronin!"

When talking about Lan En's "surviving" several moves, Inosuke said it with a little difficulty, and he still felt ashamed.

The demon hunter himself, on the other hand, seemed very calm.

It is a practical rule not to offend anyone when you first come to your place.

Although he didn't know if Inosuke Nogami was the kind of person who couldn't afford to lose, he didn't want to take the risk.

Moreover, he himself had gained new swordsmanship knowledge from the previous confrontation, so the verbal victory or defeat was not worth caring about.

Nogami Gensai took over after Inosuke announced the result.

"Everyone, please go back to the original place in the castle town to make repairs. The supplies that meet the specifications and the first batch of rewards for this month will be distributed tomorrow. A live chicken will be sent over tonight as a celebration for passing the test today. Please don't be polite."

The wanderers who passed the examination left in a lively manner, preparing to return to the long house.

And it wasn't until Lan En's figure completely disappeared from the corner of the manor wall that Nogami Gensai, who had been looking at his back, spoke to Inosuke without looking back.

"Can you recall the state of the man just now after he struck with great force, Inosuke?"

"I'm extremely sorry, my lord, I can't do it."

Nogami Gensai ignored Inosuke's obviously ashamed answer and kept talking to himself.

"On the surface, the guy took a breath, but the hand holding the sword was not unstable at all due to the short burst. As a person like me who has held a sword for a lifetime, I am only confident in this aspect. You know what this means.

What are you wearing?"

".My subordinates know."

The corners of Inosuke's mouth twitched slightly.

A steady hand means that the opponent did not use some explosive technique. It means that the knife is normal!

And if that kind of power is actually Lan En's normal state, it means that from the very beginning of the knife-fighting stage, he can use his power to defeat himself!

"It seems you now understand what kind of character you have recruited, Inosuke."

From the eaves of the house in the courtyard, an old female voice suddenly appeared.

Interjected into the conversation between the two.

Nogami Gensai, Inosuke, and the few samurai behind them did not appear surprised, but bowed slightly in the direction of the voice as a matter of course.

"Lord Butterfly!"*N

I saw a skinny old woman with white hair sitting on the eaves, enjoying herself there with her legs crossed.

He was dressed smartly, with a short cloak draped over his shoulders. In his hand, he was playing with a thin and long kunai that shone with cold light like a toy.

But unlike her relaxed movements, her face seemed to have lost all emotion and was numb from beginning to end, making it difficult to see through her thoughts.

"Don't talk nonsense."

She waved to the people under the eaves in return. Her sharp eyes were fixed on Inosuke.

"Now, tell me his details."

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